Matterhorn

Name: Matterhorn
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Christopher Reich
ISBN: 9781501242649

Author: Christopher Reich

Series: Mac Dekker

Narrator: Paul Michael

Unabridged: 9 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 04/01/2024

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Espionage, Political, Crime

Synopsis

A sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this alpine thriller from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Reich.Robbie Steinhardt lives a peaceful life. A fixture of his small alpine village, he tends cattle, minds his own business, and doesn’t dwell on his former life and the family and lover he left behind—back when he was Mac Dekker, CIA.But when he learns his son Will died following in his footsteps, he needs answers. What mission took Will up into the alpine heights, and why is Ilya Ivashka on the same trail? Ilya—his close friend, his rival in love. Ilya, who framed Mac for treason and sent him into hiding.Wiping away the years, Mac returns to the field to find the secrets Will hid and finds himself facing the Herculean task of stopping a terrorist plot that threatens thousands. But in a field of double agents, who can he trust?

About Christopher Reich

Christopher Reich was born in Tokyo and grew up in Los Angeles. He was employed by the Bank of Switzerland where for many years he worked in the bank's private banking department in Geneva before joining the department of mergers and acquisitions in Zurich. In 1995, Reich decided to pursue writing full-time. Numbered Account, a New York Times bestseller, was his first novel. He lives in California with his wife and two daughters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on October 27, 2019

"Just below the grim tranquillity Mellas had learned to display, he cursed with boiling intensity the ambitious men who used him and his troops to further their careers. He cursed the air wing for not trying to get any choppers in through the clouds. He cursed the diplomats arguing about round and s......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on August 27, 2016

Today I’ll be reviewing Matterhorn, a novel about the Vietnam war. Play your favorite classic rock song of the era while reading. Buffalo Springfield’s For What’s It’s Worth is always a popular choice. You could use Credence Clearwater’s Fortunate Son. For myself, I'll be listening to The End from T......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on September 04, 2022

I listened to this on audiobook, competently read by the ever reliable Jeff Harding. It’s quite long, at over 22 hours, but it’s such a compelling story I’d have been happy to spend longer in its company. I'd read some background to the Vietnam war but was really quite sketchy on the detail surroundi......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on April 24, 2011

This is the best book I've read so far in 2010. I will say that again: This is the best book I've read so far in 2010. I received Matterhorn from Powell's (Indiespensable #17, a wedding present, I decided) and avoided it for a while, busy with other books, and honestly, looking at it with trepidatio......more

Quotes

“Reich keeps his foot on the gas…” —Publishers Weekly“This would make a great movie, and fans of the Bond tales and special-ops action novels should add this to their reading lists.” —Library Journal“Another winner from a consistently satisfying writer.” —Booklist